
Laura Bauer
Reporter at Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star reporter. Love writing about children, the underprivileged and all types of crime and mayhem.
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5 days ago |
kansascity.com | Laura Bauer
For nearly three years, Cory Brown has worried that the Liberty school her two kids attend is making people sick. She's written the superintendent many times, the first email back in the fall of 2022 after multiple teachers were diagnosed with breast cancer. She questioned the presence of an active 120 foot tall cell tower, located 130 feet from Warren Hills Elementary, and has spoken to staff and other parents about their concerns.
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1 week ago |
kansascity.com | Laura Bauer
Homes in Lexington, Missouri, were damaged in a gas explosion Wednesday. The concrete steps to the home of Jacob Cunningham, where his son, Alistair Lamb, age 5, was killed. Cunningham and his daughter, Camillia Lamb, 10, were severely burned and remain hospitalized. Eric Adler - The Kansas City Star Days before last month's gas explosion that killed a 5-year-old boy in Lexington, Missouri, Liberty Utilities sent a locator to mark all buried utilities where subcontractors would soon begin digging.
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1 week ago |
kansascity.com | Laura Bauer
Kansas City will honor and say goodbye to Graham Hoffman on Friday, five days after the firefighter-paramedic was fatally stabbed while in the back of an ambulance helping a patient. In the days since Hoffman died, and after revelations surfaced about the woman accused of killing him, questions have lingered regarding what transpired in the days and moments before the stabbing occurred.
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2 weeks ago |
kansascity.com | Laura Bauer
The woman charged with fatally stabbing a Kansas City firefighter-paramedic early Sunday had just been released from custody last week after allegedly assaulting a police officer, and had been deemed dangerous before the fatal attack. Shanetta Bossell was arrested Wednesday and charged in Clay County with second-degree assault, allegedly resisting arrest and biting a Platte City police officer who was off-duty at the time, online court records show.
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2 weeks ago |
medium.com | Laura Bauer
Losing $250,000 in USDT to a fraudulent crypto platform was the most devastating experience of my life financially and emotionally. It all started with what seemed like a legit trading site, promising high returns and showing fake profits in my account. But when I tried to withdraw, they demanded a $10,000 “transfer fee.” I couldn’t pay and just like that, my account was locked. That’s when the nightmare became real. I’d been scammed.
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